According to one attendee, he used his real family to illustrate the point.

“He said that he considers us to be one big family and how sometimes in a family, there are ups and downs,” the attendee said. “Then he told a funny story that his now-wife actually turned him down the first time he asked her out.”

Spitzer’s point, according to the attendee: “Just because the first time you try and get together and it doesn’t work out doesn’t mean you don’t keep trying.”